Jeez, this is why there should be history of metal in school. The marshall jcm 800 2203 was the first amp to have a pre amp volume, before that the amp had to go rediculously loud to achieve distortion. This amp has SOME pre amp distortion, but not much! couple the pre amp + the loudness power amp distortion and you get MASSIVE MARSHALL SOUND! This guy is using a pedal to get more gain, because chances are if he used it al full volume the house would fall down.
To make it sound better grab a noise gate. It cleans up the tone a lot and is ABSOLUTE quiet. Also, ditch the pedal. IMO, true tube tones is the best. PEACE and you got mad skills. Nice rig man! :D
you fuckin nailed the Lay it Down riff man
futarydary 1 year ago
stock tubes??
darrylportelli 2 years ago
why is it in the closet? does it make the sound better?
PiercingTruth 2 years ago
the question is... does it matter if you get a 2203, 2204, 2205, etc??
B2Rockin 2 years ago
i thought jcm 800s were 1 channel amps that could only produce clean sounds. Is there a distortion knob or switch on the 800"s
underliner6 2 years ago
Jeez, this is why there should be history of metal in school. The marshall jcm 800 2203 was the first amp to have a pre amp volume, before that the amp had to go rediculously loud to achieve distortion. This amp has SOME pre amp distortion, but not much! couple the pre amp + the loudness power amp distortion and you get MASSIVE MARSHALL SOUND! This guy is using a pedal to get more gain, because chances are if he used it al full volume the house would fall down.
richardemg 2 years ago 2
To make it sound better grab a noise gate. It cleans up the tone a lot and is ABSOLUTE quiet. Also, ditch the pedal. IMO, true tube tones is the best. PEACE and you got mad skills. Nice rig man! :D
oldGNRfan23 2 years ago 5
Could this amp do early Metallica w/o a boost? THANKS AND KEEP ON ROCKING!
oldGNRfan23 2 years ago
James used to use a slightly modified Plexi, and then I think they used 800's for Lightning, so yes, it easily could.
J3sst44 2 years ago
But James also used distortion pedals on the first two albums. Now I think Kirk used stock Marshalls...
JTstratman13 2 years ago
lol he hides it in the closet so it gets less loud i should start doing that
slimyesli 2 years ago
Any pedals?
Zztop128 3 years ago
Sounds better then Mesa Boogie ))...
2w2we3 3 years ago 16
pretty cool
RoxasClone 3 years ago